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Events Big Garden Birdwatch
29-31 January Each year, the RSPB organises a bird count. As so many people are at home at this time, why not use an hour to count the birds in the garden (or any outdoor space you can see from where you are). You can participate in Big Garden Birdwatch any time between Friday 29 and Sunday 31 January. Details and registration on www.rspb.org.uk.
Singing in a pandemic
Tuesdays 7.30-9pm online Singing improves the wellbeing of many, hence Wendover News has accepted articles from local groups/choirs so that you can find your best fit. In January we featured Wendover Singers, https://wendovernews. co.uk/news/wendover-singers-wendoverscommunity-choir-update-2021/, Aylesbury Choral Society has an online virtual choir which meets on Tuesdays from 7.30 to 9pm. for more information see page 14.
Online Tours
Some local museums and heritage sites offer online access. Among them are: • Waddesdon Manor - https://waddesdon. org.uk/ • Bletchley Park - https://bletchleypark.org.uk/ • Bekonscot Model Village & Railway https://www.bekonscot.co.uk/
Kimble & Ellesborough Horticultural Society Tue 2, 8pm, via Zoom Designing Contemporary Planting Schemes. Patricia Fox is a professional garden designer, writer and TV presenter from Bishops Stortford. Awarded two Silver Medals from
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she is passionate about creating and writing about stylish outdoor spaces from luxury rooftop gardens to country estates. Members will be contacted about the Zoom meetings. If you are not a member but would be interested in more information please email kehs.bucks@outlook.com at least a week before the meeting. You can also visit our website www.e-voice.org.uk/kehs/ for any updates.
Cholesbury-cum-St-Leonards History Society
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Fri 5, 7.15pm for 7.45pm, video conference Social housing in Amersham Rural District. Emily Toettcher has been curator of Amersham Museum for eight years. She will cover ‘from 1919 until the Post-WWII era’ including social housing in our villages. Meetings by video conference, details from Richard Leat 01494 758784.
Valentine Letters
In time for Sunday 14 February Back in the warm weather lockdown, and the August print edition of Wendover News, our Young People showed us how to cherish the isolated developing their rusty or unknown letter-writing skills, see the Words section of https://wendovernews.co.uk/ news/carryusthrough/. Before Christmas, they, along with others, revived the tradition of sending physical cards to their correspondents. Now we all have a chance to join in by considering which of our friends and relations might enjoy a Valentine Letter. This does not have to be a syrupy romantic letter but could bring joy to someone who
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